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Doug Mills’ gorgeous photo of the President arriving back at Andrews yesterday

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Stand with President Obama in support of the Student Aid Bill of Rights → go.wh.gov/h1mneL #CollegeOpportunity http://t.co/YSXEHovTn5

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The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 11, 2015

Protesters stage a #sitin at the @WhiteHouse 50 yrs ago #TDiH 1965: todaysdocument.tumblr.com/post/113337833… #Selma50 via @LBJLibrary http://t.co/x8dPuMXuKD

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Today's Document (@TodaysDocument) March 11, 2015

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Not blowing hot air: @EIAgov predicting another big year for new wind, solar capacity in 2015. #ActOnClimate http://t.co/2Wau6xTzy9

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Brian Deese (@Deese44) March 11, 2015

165,000+ signatures on White House petition to prosecute 47 US senators who sent open letter to Iran: abcn.ws/1BxXljq

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ABC News (@ABC) March 11, 2015

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47 Republicans sent a letter to Iran’s leaders that undermines the President, see coverage from across the U.S. → whitehouse.gov/blog/2015/03/1…

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Josh Earnest (@PressSec) March 11, 2015

BREAKING: Someone leaked a copy of the letter the #47Traitors GOP Senators sent to Iran http://t.co/htFxiiBFO7

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Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) March 11, 2015

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Vanita Gupta of DOJ’s Civil Rights Division says feds will work with new leaders in #Ferguson huff.to/1GtnIrC http://t.co/og7ykRtjYx

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Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) March 12, 2015

#UPDATE Ferguson police chief quits after racism report: US media u.afp.com/VFy

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Agence France-Presse (@AFP) March 11, 2015

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Ferguson police chief, city manager, and municipal judge all gone - all this before negotiations w/DOJ about scathing report have even begun

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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) March 11, 2015

#Ferguson Mayor says city is committed to keeping its police department.

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Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) March 11, 2015

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The #MBK Task Force released its 1-year progress report to President Obama: fen.to/17Ynspl http://t.co/4EhkLQbfNy

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Sons & Brothers (@sonsandbros) March 10, 2015

The high rate of shopping and switching in Obamacare plans is a good sign nyti.ms/18wqSQZ http://t.co/hZBLxoV8ZI

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The New York Times (@nytimes) March 01, 2015

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Some cops truly are sick and twisted people

Scoop from @dominicholden: Lawsuit Alleges Police Chief Sent Racist, Homophobic Text Messages bzfd.it/1FbJbHx

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Saeed Jones (@theferocity) March 11, 2015

Read @attackerman's latest on the Chicago police "black site" on how cops used marijuana to disappear young people. gu.com/p/46h7a/stw

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Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) March 11, 2015

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Kerry: Congress won't be able to change an Iran nuclear deal yhoo.it/18AN2AT

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Yahoo News (@YahooNews) March 11, 2015

Secret Service agents allegedly crashed car into W.H. barricade after drinking bit.ly/1BscEeG

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Talking Points Memo (@TPM) March 11, 2015

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Joe and Mika could watch a Black person get murdered, be provided with evidence that the person was innocent, and they would still side with the murderer and blame black culture. The racist frat boys said they were taught that song by their white alumni and current brothers, SAE has a history of racism, but somehow it’s Black people’s fault. It’s not just the use of the n-word. They were singing about lynching and hanging Black people from trees. White people lynched Black people, they took pictures of the lynchings, they had lynching parties, they cut off chunks of dead Black people’s bodies; but somehow it’s Black people and black culture’s fault. Congratulations on excusing racism, Mika and Joe. Douchebags

‘Morning Joe’ panelists blame Oklahoma fraternity #racism on black culture and #rap music rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/mor… http://t.co/skRFrWmg9Y

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Raw Story (@RawStory) March 11, 2015

"Morning Joe's" explanation for that racist frat-boy chant is as moronic as it is offensive slnm.us/9syZ10t http://t.co/nDKmovZgf5

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Salon.com (@Salon) March 11, 2015

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The First Lady Celebrates Nowruz at the White House

Fewer Uninsured. Hospital Profits Soaring. Thanks, ObamaCare

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Bruce Japsen: Hospital Profits Soar As Obamacare Prescribes More Paying Patients

Hospital operators continue to see profits and revenue not seen in a decade thanks to the Affordable Care Act and related efforts to sign up uninsured patients to coverage so facilities can reduce unpaid medical bills. Large hospital operators HCA Holdings HCA +2.78% (HCA), Tenet Healthcare THC +2.5% (THC) and Community Health Systems (CYH) in the last month issued robust 2014 earnings, revenues and large declines in uncompensated care costs, a key measure of expenses.

“We reported Tenet’s strongest quarterly EBITDA in more than 10 years,” Tenet chief executive officer Trevor Fetter boasted last week of a key earnings acronym in the hospital chain’s 2014 fourth quarter. Hospital operators are reporting more paying patients and fewer uninsured, which means far fewer unpaid medical bills. “For the last four quarters, the decline in self-pay admits and adjusted admits and the increase in Medicaid in expansion states have grown quarter over quarter,” Community Health CFO Larry Cash said.

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Obamacare passed five years ago this month. Here’s what happened to the private sector since: onforb.es/1aP6xY4 http://t.co/xUBQhZ2hLV

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Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) March 06, 2015

Hospital operators continue to see profits & revenue not seen in a decade, thanks to the Affordable Care Act: onforb.es/1GEKMo0

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CBO lowers the 10-year cost of ACA marketplace subsidies by $209 billion from what it projected in January. cbo.gov/sites/default/…

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Larry Levitt (@larry_levitt) March 09, 2015

BOOM: Latest quarterly Gallup poll shows uninsured rate down to 12.3% (or lower!) acasignups.net/15/03/04/boom-… http://t.co/LMMQ37AlHE

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87% of people signing up on healthcare.gov qualify for premium subsidies & 60% qualify for cost-sharing help. aspe.hhs.gov/health/reports…

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Larry Levitt (@larry_levitt) March 10, 2015

CBO: Net +12M people had health insurance last year bc of Obamacare. Sees +7M more this year and +5M more in 2016. http://t.co/zXxdvhYoEw

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Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) January 26, 2015

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On This Day: President Obama waits in the Green Room prior to signing an Executive Order for the White House Council on Women and Girls in the East Room of the White House, March 11, 2009 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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Today

12:0 ET: White House Press Briefing

1:0 ET: First Lady Michelle Obama Hosts an Event to Mark Nowruz at the White House

4:35 ET: The President Meets with the 2015 Intel Science Talent Search finalists, Grand Foyer

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On This Day: President Obama talks on the phone with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai from his vehicle outside the Jane E. Lawton Community Center in Chevy Chase, Maryland, Sunday, March 11, 2012 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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MoooOOOooorning!